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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
I'm a big fan of Gay's nonfiction and this mini Scribd Original does not disappoint.
No stranger to trauma, Roxane takes a deep dive on processing trauma and healing through the power of language.
“There is no pleasure to be had in writing about trauma. It requires opening a wound, looking into the bloody gape of it, and cleaning it out, one word at a time. Only then might it be possible for that wound to heal.”
“To change the world, we need to face what has become of it. To heal from a trauma, we need to understand the extent of it.”
No stranger to trauma, Roxane takes a deep dive on processing trauma and healing through the power of language.
“There is no pleasure to be had in writing about trauma. It requires opening a wound, looking into the bloody gape of it, and cleaning it out, one word at a time. Only then might it be possible for that wound to heal.”
“To change the world, we need to face what has become of it. To heal from a trauma, we need to understand the extent of it.”
dark
emotional
hits hard
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia
Minor: Sexual assault
roxane gay is one of the most inspiring and talented authors of our time. everything she writes i enjoy wholeheartedly even though it hurts
dark
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
reflective
fast-paced
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
Short powerful piece that read like a long essay. I am not a writer, however the content was really interesting. Roxane Gay writes about really difficult topics in most of her work, so this was a combo how-to guide and a guide to self-examine the reason for writing about trauma.
reflective
fast-paced